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SUMMARY:Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
DESCRIPTION:Vision Impairment and Mitigation in Primary Healthcare\nAdult-Focused Series\nNovember 6: Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			ECHO-Chicago provides training via Zoom to build capacity at the primary care level to help primary care providers (PCPs) become more competent and comfortable delivering care. In partnership with Prevent Blindness\, this series will use an evidence-based approach to improve and empower PCPs with knowledge and confidence to deliver better healthcare across the lifespan\, promote the prevention of vision disorders\, and improve healthcare for patients who are visually impaired or those patients at risk of losing vision. This program is open to primary healthcare providers and eye care providers throughout the United States\, and is sponsored by Amgen. There is no cost to participate and no travel (completely virtual). \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Find Out More \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			\n\n\n	Vision Loss Prevention and Mitigation in Adult Primary CAre
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/age-related-macular-degeneration/
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:Closing the Gap: Helping Families Remove Barriers to Eye Care After Receiving Referrals from Vision Screenings
DESCRIPTION:Watch the Webinar Recording \nPresentation Slides \nAbout the Webinar\nAfter receiving a vision screening\, a confirmatory eye examination\, and prescription glasses\, many children demonstrate improvement in academic progress\, an increase in focus during lessons\, an increase in participation and classroom interaction\, and an improvement in confidence and behavior. Yet\, only about 5% to 50% of children participate in an eye exam after receiving a referral from a vision screening. This webinar will describe two approaches to closing the gap between vision screening referrals and eye exams; provide tips for creating a comprehensive\, systematic approach to help close the gap; and introduce the “Small Steps to Eye Care Action Plan: A Conversation Guide” to help identify individualized family barriers to eye care. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nDescribe the importance of an eye examination and treatment\, if necessary\, after receiving a referral from a vision screening.\nDescribe 1 strategy for helping ensure children wear their prescription glasses.\nList 3 strategies to help resolve barriers to eye care.\n\nWho Should Watch?\nAnyone who follows up with families after their children receive a referral for an eye exam from a vision screening\, including school administrators\, teachers\, school nurses\, social workers\, care coordinators\, Early Head Start and Head Start staff\, early care and education professionals\, and School-Based Health Care staff. \nSummary\nDr. P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin\, National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) Associate Director\, reviewed research on the different academic considerations for vision\, including improved academic outcomes when children’s vision disorders are addressed. She also emphasized the importance of detecting\, diagnosing\, and treating vision disorders; following through on vision screenings after a referral; and reviewed system barriers to eye care. \nExamples on how to close the gap between referrals from vision screening and the confirmatory eye examination and treatment were provided by the other panelists: \nPresciliana Olayo’s school district (Forth Worth Independent School District) requires vision screenings within 120 days of enrollment. Due to a lack of follow-up on referrals\, the Alcon Children’s Vision Center ensures comprehensive eye exams and high-quality eyewear for students at no cost to families. Staff travel to schools to conduct eye examinations and a clinic is open year-round for all district students. Alcon employees conduct vision screenings upon receiving state of Texas-endorsed training from Prevent Blindness Texas. \nShondel Wade-Reese’s school district (Wilkinson County School System District in Georgia) faced barriers\, including missing results\, delayed screening/referrals\, and students with undetected vision issues. They worked to create color-coded essential hearing and vision program documents to reduce cross-file confusion and increase parent attention to vision screening results. The school also educates parents\, teachers\, and staff to improve and increase referrals with color-coding\, relying on a streamlined system to manage students who passed and did not pass their vision screenings. \nDr. Shanyn Toulouse reviewed the latest School Nursing Practice Framework\, which has an enhanced focus on care coordination and quality improvement for children’s vision health. To address the gaps families may experience related to health equity and standardized processes\, she reviewed a new NCCVEH tool that is currently being pilot tested: the Small Steps to Eye Care Action Plan: A Conversation Guide. This tool enables vision screening programs to work with families to identify their personal barriers to care and create action plans so students can access eye care and treatment. \nIf you want to be considered as a pilot participant\, complete this short form: Small Steps to Eye Care Action Plan: A Conversation Guide. \nPresenters\nP. Kay Nottingham Chaplin\, EdD \n \nDr. Nottingham Chaplin is the Associate Director of the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness. \n\nPresciliana Olayo\, MLS \n \nMs. Olayo is the Coordinator of Vision Care Services\, Fort Worth Independent School District\, Fort Worth\, Texas. \n\nShondel Reese\, RN-BSN \n \nMs. Reese is the Nursing Coordinator\, Wilkinson County School System District\, Irwinton\, Georgia. \n\nShanyn A. Toulouse\, DNP\, MEd\, RN\, NCSN \n \nDr. Toulouse is the Northeast Regional School Nurse Consultant\, Haverhill Public Schools\, Haverhill\, Massachusetts. \nThe webinar is hosted by the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness and supported by Johnson and Johnson Vision (J&J Vision) \nRegister Today!
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/helping-families-remove-barriers-to-eye-care/
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:Diabetes\, Hypertension\, and Eye Health
DESCRIPTION:Vision Impairment and Mitigation in Primary Healthcare\nAdult-Focused Series\nNovember 13: Diabetes\, Hypertension\, and Eye Health\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			ECHO-Chicago provides training via Zoom to build capacity at the primary care level to help primary care providers (PCPs) become more competent and comfortable delivering care. In partnership with Prevent Blindness\, this series will use an evidence-based approach to improve and empower PCPs with knowledge and confidence to deliver better healthcare across the lifespan\, promote the prevention of vision disorders\, and improve healthcare for patients who are visually impaired or those patients at risk of losing vision. This program is open to primary healthcare providers and eye care providers throughout the United States\, and is sponsored by Amgen. There is no cost to participate and no travel (completely virtual). \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Find Out More \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			\n\n\n	Vision Loss Prevention and Mitigation in Adult Primary CAre
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/diabetes-hypertension-eye-health/
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:MacTel Type 2: A Community Forum for Sharing Knowledge and Support
DESCRIPTION:Watch the Webinar Recording\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Are you living with Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel) or have a family member who has been diagnosed with MacTel? \nLearning Objectives\n\nLearn about MacTel: what it is\, how it is diagnosed\, and how it is managed\nUnderstand the patient experience of individuals living with MacTel\nLearn about resources available to those living with MacTel\n\nCheck out our new MacTel web page and downloadable factsheet on MacTel. \nSpeaker Bios\nKira Baldonado\, MPH\nVice President of Public Health and Policy\nPrevent Blindness \n \nKira is the Vice President of Public Health and Policy for Prevent Blindness- responsible for the mission-based work of the organization\, focusing on program outreach\, education\, and policy directives. Kira\, and her team of 7 staff members are working to improve our nation’s vision and eye health system by leading consensus-driven initiatives\, creating accountability and improved surveillance for vision\, while promoting equity and patient-engagement in each step of the continuum of vision care. She has overseen the successful launch of the ASPECT Patient Engagement Program- an advocate training program for patients and allies; the Center for Vision and Population Health at Prevent Blindness; and led the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health (NCCVEH) at Prevent Blindness until 2018. Kira was named as One of the Most Influential Women in Optical for 2023 by VisionMonday and is an International Fellow with the Society of Leadership Fellows at St George’s House\, Windsor Castle. \nBarbara Blodi\, MD\nMedical Retina Specialist\nDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences\, University of Wisconsin-Madison \n \nDr. Barbara Blodi is a professor and medical retina specialist in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She attended medical school at the University of Iowa and did ophthalmology residency at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami. Her residency was followed by fellowships in medical retina with Dr. Donald Gass and surgical retina at the University of Michigan. In addition to seeing patients and training medical students\, residents and fellows\, Dr. Blodi is the medical director of the Wisconsin Reading Center\, a core imaging lab. Her research focuses on novel retinal imaging systems as well as retinal imaging biomarkers in clinical trials. Dr. Blodi’s publications focus on macular diseases including Mactel\, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. \nJulie Grutzmacher\, MSW\, MPH\nDirector of Patient Advocacy and Population Health Initiatives\nPrevent Blindness \n \nJulie Grutzmacher\, MSW\, MPH grew up in Wisconsin and completed her undergraduate degree in Social Work in Minnesota. After college she joined the Peace Corps. Julie spent two years in Swaziland\, Africa\, where she lived and worked in a rural village providing HIV/AIDS education\, mitigation\, and community development services. It was during that experience that her interest in public health and health disparities was forged. After returning to the U.S.\, Julie completed her Masters in Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago\, and later was employed as a social worker in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Rush Hospital. This experience cemented professional goals relating to the elimination of health disparities and improvement of outcomes for marginalized populations. \nAfter the NICU\, Julie pursued a second Masters Degree\, this time in Public Health\, while simultaneously working in population health management\, providing care coordination and health education for high risk pregnant women in Chicago’s South Side. It was in this role that her passion for accessible and quality primary care was elucidated. She went on to co-create and manage a primary care leadership training program for multidisciplinary medical residents at the University of Chicago. Julie joined the Prevent Blindness team in May of 2020 as the Director of Patient Advocacy and Population Health Initiatives where she oversees the Center for Vision and Population Health (CVPH) and the ASPECT patient-engagement program. She is passionate about reducing all barriers to eye care. \nLen Pilon\nConsultant\nIndividual Living with MacTel Type 2 \n \nLen Pilon is an innovative curator of human-centered work experiences that impact culture\, employee engagement and organizational transformation. With over 40 years of experience practicing interior architecture\, workplace strategy\, and business consulting\, Len brings an integrated approach to organizational change. Currently moving towards retirement\, he is employed part-time at CBRE Americas Consulting – Organizational Change & Transformation. Some clients include Los Alamos National Labs\, HSBC\, TD Bank\, BNY Mellon\, Ford Land\, Fifth Third Bank\, Yahoo\, and Cummins. Len previously worked at Herman Miller & Haworth in Holland\, HOK & ISI in Chicago\, Interior Space and Southwestern Bell in St. Louis and Texas Instruments in Dallas. \nLen has experienced cultural diversity growing up in Albuquerque\, NM.  Studied Architecture at UNM and received an Architecture degree from Texas Tech University.  Len follows his passion and yearning to learn\, making the journey through Dallas\, St. Louis\, Chicago and now Holland. Married with two sons living in San Diego and LA.  Enjoys spending time in SoCal with his wife and sons. Super big fan of University of Michigan\, Margaritas\, and New Mexican food. \nTiffany Troso-Sandoval\, MD\nFounder\, Winning The Cancer Journey\nIndividual Living with MacTel Type 2 \n \nDr. Troso-Sandoval is a highly esteemed medical oncologist with over 25 years of expertise in treating women’s cancers. Throughout her career at Memorial Sloan Kettering\, she published over 20 research papers in prestigious medical journals and has authored a specialized publication focused on providing care for elderly patients with ovarian cancer. \nDr. Troso is now expanding her reach outside of the medical clinic to help women across the country through her company Winning The Cancer Journey.  After caring for thousands of patients with breast and gynecological cancer\, Dr Troso has a passion to improve the outcome and quality of life for cancer patients by providing education\, guidance and development of a winning mindset. \nAlthough limited by her slowly progressing MacTel type 2\, Dr Troso refuses to be defined by her disease and is now utilizing her skills and expertise to help others through public speaking\, webinars\, virtual medical consultations and workshops.  Her upcoming book “Winning The Cancer Journey” will be published early 2025 and she is also working on the development of an online interactive\, educational platform for cancer patients and their caregivers. \nRichard (Rich) Small\nChief Executive Officer\nNeurotech Pharmaceuticals \n \nRichard (Rich) Small is the Chief Executive Officer of Neurotech\, a private clinical stage biotech company focused on developing transformative therapies for chronic retinal diseases through its core platform technology\, Encapsulated Cell Therapy. \nHe has led the Neurotech team since 2016 and originally joined as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Rich has more than 30 years of both private and public life sciences experience and greater than 40 years of overall financial and operational management. \nPrior to Neurotech\, Rich was a founding member of Point Therapeutics\, a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for various cancers. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and contributed to taking the company public and successfully completed an array of private and public equity offerings. Previously\, he served as Vice President\, Chief Financial Officer at Immulogic Pharmaceutical\, Inc.\, a publicly traded biotechnology company developing treatments for immunological-based disorders where Rich led the completion of multiple licensing deals and several public equity offerings. \nRich started his career in senior management financial and treasury roles with Dennison Manufacturing Company\, and the public accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand\, LLC. \nHe served as a Trustee for the New England College of Optometry from 1995 to 2022\, where he was Chair of the Finance and Business Affairs Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee for more than 15 years. Rich holds a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University in Boston\, Massachusetts. \nMade Possible with Funding From
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/mactel-community-forum/
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:Diabetes
DESCRIPTION:Vision Impairment and Mitigation in Primary Healthcare\nAdult-Focused Series\nNovember 20: Diabetes\n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			ECHO-Chicago provides training via Zoom to build capacity at the primary care level to help primary care providers (PCPs) become more competent and comfortable delivering care. In partnership with Prevent Blindness\, this series will use an evidence-based approach to improve and empower PCPs with knowledge and confidence to deliver better healthcare across the lifespan\, promote the prevention of vision disorders\, and improve healthcare for patients who are visually impaired or those patients at risk of losing vision. This program is open to primary healthcare providers and eye care providers throughout the United States\, and is sponsored by Amgen. There is no cost to participate and no travel (completely virtual). \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Find Out More \n\n		\n	\n\n	\n		\n			\n\n\n	Vision Loss Prevention and Mitigation in Adult Primary CAre
URL:https://preventblindness.org/calendar/diabetes-webinar-11-20-2024/
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